Privacy and Terms

Terms, Conditions and Notices

AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND THE BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY

This Web site is offered to you, the user, conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE LIMITATION

This Web site is for your personal, noncommercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services found on, or obtained from, this Web site.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES

All Burlingame Historical Society photographs are protected by international copyright and are the exclusive property of the Burlingame Historical Society. These images are not free and are not clip art. They should not be downloaded for any reason. To obtain reproduction rights and prices refer to the appropriate web pages or contact the Burlingame Historical Society directly.

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyright material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted works. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” the user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law. The granting of permission to publish by the Society does not absolve users of materials from securing permission from copyright owners and payment of such additional fees as the owners may require if the Society does not own copyright or if the material is not in the public domain. Applicants assume all responsibility for questions of copyright and invasion of privacy that may arise in copying and in the use made of the photographic copy.

LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

THE MATERIALS FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION, CONDITION, UNDERTAKING OR TERM OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY FURTHER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE MATERIALS. BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAY MAKE CHANGES TO THE MATERIALS, OR THE PROGRAMS, POLICIES OR OTHER INFORMATION DESCRIBED IN THE MATERIALS, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO UPDATE THE MATERIALS.IN NO EVENT SHALL BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS OR DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT OR TORT, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, EVEN IF BURLINGAME HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

NO UNLAWFUL OR PROHIBITED USE

As a condition of your use of this Web site, you warrant to Burlingame Historical Society that you will not use this Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

This Web site may contain hyperlinks to Web sites operated by parties other than Burlingame Historical Society Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. Burlingame Historical Society does not control such Web sites and is not responsible for their contents. The inclusion of hyperlinks to such Web sites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such Web sites or any association with their operators.

CHANGES TO THIS AGREEMENT

Burlingame Historical Society may at any time in its sole discretion modify the terms of access to this Site. Your continued use of the Site following any such modification shall be deemed acceptance of such modification.

GENERAL

Any claim relating to this Agreement or the Materials shall by governed by the laws of the State of California, United States of America, exclusive of the choice of law rules thereof. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior oral and written agreements. No failure or delay on the part of Burlingame Historical Society in exercising any right or remedy hereunder or enforcing the terms and conditions of this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof. If any part or provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid, unenforceable or void, then the remaining portion shall remain in full force and effect. Headings are for convenience only and not for use in interpretation of this Agreement.You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Burlingame Historical Society as a result of this agreement or use of this Web site.Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters, and/or data mentioned herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product, or event.Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

USE OF THE ON-LINE STORE

The Burlingame Historical Society on line purchasing feature of this Web site is provided solely to assist customers in acquiring goods and services provided by the Burlingame Historical Society and for no other purposes. You warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and possess the legal authority to enter into this agreement and to use this Web site in accordance with all terms and conditions herein. You agree to be financially responsible for all of your use of this Web site (as well as for use of your account by others, including without limitation minors living with you). You agree to supervise all usage by minors of this Web site under your name or account. You also warrant that all information supplied by you or members of your household in using this Web site is true and accurate and without limitation, or any false or fraudulent reservation. You agree that the on line purchase facilities of this Web site shall be used only to make legitimate purchases for you or for another person for whom you are legally authorized to act. You understand that overuse or abuse of the on line purchase facilities of this Web site may result in your being denied access to such facilities.For any on line purchases or other services for which fees may be charged, you agree to abide by the terms or conditions of purchase imposed, including, but not limited to, payment of all amounts when due and compliance with all rules and restrictions regarding availability of rates, products, or services. You shall be completely responsible for all charges, fees, duties, taxes, and assessments arising out of the use of this Web site.

USE OF THE ONLINE MEMORY BOARD

The purpose of the Burlingame Historical Society’s Memories web board is to further the charter of the society to promote interest in and preservation of all matters relating to the history of Burlingame and Hillsborough.

You agree, through your use of the The Burlingame Historic Society Memories forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. This is not only humorous, but legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate to this forum. Due to the Society’s 503(c) status it is not appropriate to post messages of a political nature to this forum.

Note that it is impossible for us to confirm the validity of posts on this forum. Please remember that we do not actively monitor the posted messages and are not responsible for their content. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information presented. The messages express the views of the author, not necessarily the views of the society. Anyone who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to notify the webmaster immediately. We have the rights to remove objectionable content, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. This is a manual process, however, so please realize that we may not be able to remove or edit particular messages immediately.

You remain solely responsible for the content of your messages, and you agree to indemnify and hold harmless this forum, and any related websites to this forum. The society also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or any information we have about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any information posted by you.

You have the ability, as you post messages, to choose your name and email address. We advise that you keep the name you choose appropriate. Also you agree NEVER use another persons name or email to post messages to this forum.

The webmaster and the society reserve the right to remove any information that we, at our discretion, deem inaccurate, inappropriate or vulgar.

Please note that with each post, your IP address is recorded, in the event that you need to be banned from this forum or your ISP contacted. This will only happen in the event of a major violation of this agreement